Hidden dangers of a 'citation culture'

Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-16

  Todd, Peter A ^a,b   Ladle, Richard J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bibliometrics; Citation counts; g index; h index; Scientists

Indexed keywords

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EID: 44849096114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16118014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esep00091     Document Type: Article

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